Ken Thomas, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Former President Barack Obama, left, points as Democratic gubernatorial candidate U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly waves to the crowd during a campaign rally at Genesis Convention Center in Gary, Ind., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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Obama, Trump offer dueling pitches

by Ken Thomas Associated PressNovember 5, 2018

WASHINGTON — No longer reluctant to speak out, former President Barack Obama delivered a closing argument for Democrats that seeks a firm check on President Donald Trump’s policies in Tuesday’s midterm elections.Obama and Trump offered competing…

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2018, file photo, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, gestures as he speaks during a campaign stop for Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Gillum in Tampa, Fla. Sanders is embarking on a nine-state tour on behalf of Democratic candidates competing in the November elections, returning to the campaign trail ahead of a decision on another White House bid. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

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Sanders barnstorms country ahead of midterms

by Ken Thomas Associated PressOctober 9, 2018

President Donald Trump is applauded as he walks out of the Oval Office to announce a revamped North American free trade deal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday.

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Trump hails NAFTA revamp

by Ken Thomas Associated Press, and Rob Gillies Associated PressOctober 1, 2018

White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley, left, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications, Bill Shine, center, listen as President Donald Trump talks to reporters while in flight from Billings, Mont., to Fargo, N.D., Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Trump urges Justice Department probe of ‘resistance’ writer

by Ken Thomas Associated Press, Zeke Miller Associated Press, and Jonathan Lemire Associated PressSeptember 7, 2018

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., left, pause as protesters disrupt the confirmation hearing of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018.

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Potential 2020 Democrats seize on Kavanaugh Senate hearings

by Ken Thomas Associated PressSeptember 4, 2018

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White House Counsel McGahn to leave in fall

by Ken Thomas Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressAugust 29, 2018

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, at the Civic Center in Charleston W.Va. (AP Photo/Tyler Evert)

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Trump fires back at Cohen

by Zeke Miller Associated Press, Catherine Lucey Associated Press, and Ken Thomas Associated PressAugust 22, 2018

President Donald Trump meets with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump, EU pull back from trade war

by Ken Thomas Associated Press, and Paul Wiseman Associated PressJuly 25, 2018

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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No Trump-Putin summit until 2019

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Ken Thomas Associated PressJuly 25, 2018

President Donald Trump greets supporters after arriving at the Kansas City International Airport to attend the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Tuesday, July 24, 2018, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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US to pay billions to farmers hurt by Trump tariffs

by Ken Thomas Associated Press, Paul Wiseman Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressJuly 24, 2018